Sam Goldberg
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Sam Goldberg, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cheppy, France, September 26, 1918. Displaying marked heroism, Private Goldberg entered an enemy dugout alone, armed only with a pistol, and compelled the surrender of 18 Germans he encountered there. Exposing himself to intense machine-gun fire, he dressed the wounds of an officer, showing utter disregard of his personal danger. Later he compelled four German prisoners to carry a wounded officer to the rear.
